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All ifs again. They played 80 mins on it and the rest of the game should have played. Nothing more to add. We played on worst pitches like Portsmouth home game 2017.

As iv'e said before the pillock in charge doesn't care about costing points he only cares about anything costing money. Be it players, wages, managers, away trips etc etc he's not bothered, financial squeeze comes first and if you can make do then make do.

I've said my opinion on all this and I stand by this. Got nothing to add to this

Go on then, they can have a resident visa.

The first six games suggests an extremely unpredictable league this year. QPR went from losing 7-1 to Coventry to winning three in a row. Sheffield United have collapsed. Sheffield Wednesday have shown you can compete even with negative support from your owner and a bare bones team (although this will likely bite hard for them as the season goes on). Derby would have expected to build on last season but look poor so far. Looking precarious for Oxford, but they've had some good draws lately which show signs of progress. As you say, promoted clubs this year look solid and Brum/Wrexham in particular shouldn't have to worry about going down. Leicester have immense quality but aren't playing particularly well. Same for Ipswich. Southampton less so in terms of quality, but you'd still expect better from them. Total gamble appointing a 32 year old as manager mind. Boro look very impressive under Rob Edwards. Stoke started well under Mark Robins, despite a disappointing result for them yesterday. Two very shrewd appointments by clubs who have underachieved for a number of years. Still early days of course, but from what I've seen so far the league is going to be less predictable than ever this season.

It doesn’t mean it was right though. How would you feel if one of the players got seriously injured, due to the conditions? It’s more important to ensure that everyone remains safe, than competing a match in a pitch, that had become dangerous.

Ultimately we've only played 5 league games and lost 3 of them. Appreciate this thread came off the back of one of those wins, but far too early to say whether we've dodged a bullet or not. I think our first 11 is good enough to keep us up, but it remains to be seen how we cope with injuries and suspensions as time goes on. Either way, it's not acceptable that our goal is now just to survive with cheap gambles. Venky's need to go and give us the chance to have some real ambition again.

Well, this strategy has already taken us down twice with two or three near misses too

Moistés Caicedo the midfielder enforcer / swimming coach.

Let's lighten the mood. Who can complete the 'match abandoned' 11? Jordan Pitchflood in goal Danny Hose left back John Canoe up front Clint Dampsey playing just behind Riverdo bringing Brazilian flair

Typical of the weather to be good today unlike yesterday when it was pouring down. Just one day of this rain and f’s us up entirely. Could only happen to us!

Anyway to get back to what we actually saw. I thought we played quite well given the conditions. We seemed to have a pattern of play and a decent shape. I was expecting a lot more from Ipswich. They certainly didn’t look like a team that was playing in the Prem this time last season. Toth was my man of the match closely followed by Cantwell. We’ve got a good goalkeeper there. Miller did ok at centre back but I thought it was noticeable that Ipswich didn’t press him much, preferring to let him try to pass the ball out. Maybe they thought his distribution wasn’t up to much. The rest of the back four did ok. Alebioso had his hands full with their winger so he didn’t get forward as much as we would have liked. Cantwell looked our best player in midfield and he took a superb penalty under really taxing conditions. Regarding Ipswich booing him, somebody once told me- They don’t bother booing bad players Tyrone. Tronstad was just Tronstad, the new guy did nothing wrong out there but it was back to having two guys in central midfield who rarely get forward. Anybody know what happened to Tavares ? Up front I like the look of Morishita, he looked to be a threat. Hedges was quiet but steady. His good left foot is more useful out on the left I think. That brings us to Ohashi, I really like him and you can’t fault his effort but leading the line, especially in home games, is not his strength. I know he “ won “ us the penalty but I’d prefer Gudjohnsen there next time out. Bring Yuki on when the defenders have played 60-70 minutes.

I'm pretty certain in my mind that had the situation been reversed and we were down to the men and losing you would be saying the opposite. And I'm also pretty certain you'll deny this.

Yes. The pitch was fine all through the first half. If he had called that off at 2.30pm there would have been uproar. You really do find a way to blame the ref every game.

That’s like playing “ Russian Roulette “ though. One season you’ll get it all wrong and the latest set of new signings will relegate you.

You were saying. Weather gives Ipswich 3 points. They WILL win the replay, it's just Rovers is that

I agree that it’s time for some original thinking on the part of the football authorities. However given the fact that any original thought is beyond them I suspect they’ll follow precedent and decide on a full replay. If we were a Billy big bollocks club they just might have had a go at - play out the remaining game time with our opponents having 10 players - but they won’t.

If the EFL were actually semi organised they could have announced there and then, that the remaining 10 minutes would be played behind closed doors on Sunday morning, 11 vs 10. As it stands some stupid suits in a room will deliberate for God knows how long before making a stupid, unfair decision. Whatever happened to common sense?

Why can't the game be replayed on Tuesday or Wednesday this week and then at least we get the benefit of their player being suspended? I know it will inevitably be played at some point in October or November but why when we've got a free slot and can get it done immediately? If Ipswich won't travel for it then award Rovers the 3 points.

Bit rude, loads of Rovers between BB4 and BB7.

Yeah, today would have great. Hardly a cloud in the sky over here in Rochdale.

Whilst I fear you will be right, it would be completely unfair and we would have a strong case for a complaint/litigation especially if it makes a big difference come May! I don’t think this can be compared to any previous events. Has a game ever been called off at 80mins with one team leading and having a man advantage? You can’t go from a win % chance 90% down to ?40% and likely lower by the time the match is replayed. It would be equally unfair to just award us the win when. They have to find a way to play the remaining minutes. I really can’t see how it would be so difficult to arrange and neither side would have a reason to complain.

Irma Thomas - I Wish Someone Woukd Care

The problem can be rectified, the question is will the problem be rectified ?

I blame TV for not changing the kick-off to Sunday or Friday.